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Table 1 Show the demographic data of the raters

From: Effect of the ethnic, profession, gender, and social background on the perception of upper dental midline deviations in smile esthetics by Chinese and Black raters

 

Overall raters

Chinese raters

Black raters

Profession

n

mean age

n

mean age

n

mean age

Orthodontists

112

35.9 ± 5.5

56

36.8 ± 5.5

56

35 ± 5.5

G.Practitioners

112

26.4 ± 5.2

56

25 ± 5.9

56

27.8 ± 3.8

Dental students

112

22.1 ± 1.4

56

21.8 ± 1.1

56

22.4 ± 1.6

Art students

113

22.6 ± 4

57

20.4 ± 3.3

56

24.9 ± 3.3

Laypersons

112

26.1 ± 6

56

23.1 ± 4

56

20.2 ± 6.2

Total

561 (100%)

-

281 (50.1%)

-

280 (49.9%)

-

Gender

n

%

n

%

n

%

Male

279

(49.7%)

123

(43.8%)

156

(55.7%)

Female

282

(50.3%)

158

(56.2%)

124

(44.3%)

Total

561

(100%)

281

(100%)

280

(100%)

Age group

n

%

n

%

n

%

18–30

425

(75.8%)

219

(77.9%)

206

(73.6%)

31–51

136

(24.2%)

62

(22.1%)

74

(26.4%)

Total

561

(100%)

281

(100%)

280

(100%)